The Blair Robot Project

FRC Team 449

We are a student-led, mentor-guided FIRST Robotics Competition team based in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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Find out more about our team below!

About Us

Learn more about our team and FIRST.

Community

Learn more about our outreach and community involvement.

Sponsors

Prospective sponsors, click here to learn more about how you can help the team. Thank you to our current sponsors, who are all featured here!

Competitions

Learn about our awards and future competitions.

Chesapeake Bunnybots

Learn about our unique offseason competition.

More Info

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About Our Team

Our mission is to expose our members to complex problems in order to promote personal and intellectual growth by building a well-designed robot.

Composed of students and alumni from Montgomery Blair High School and the surrounding area, our team has been continually expanding and attracting new members since its establishment in 1999. Click here to find out more about our team.

What is FIRST??

The mission of FIRST is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders and innovators, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership
- FIRST website

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), founded in 1989, accomplished its mission through events and competitions. The FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) that our team participates in is the highest echelon of FIRST events which combines the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. Teams of high school students design, fabricate, and program robots for competition. There are currently more than 3,000 active FRC teams around the globe.

Community

Our team members come from a variety of backgrounds and cultures. We are dedicated to giving back our diverse community and the world at large, inspiring and preparing students for careers in STEM through outreach events, workshops, and long-term parnerships.

Click here for a full list of events and programs.

Our Sponsors

We love our sponsors, and we appreciate their support!

Montgomery Blair High School Magnet Foundation
Fiscal sponsor
BlueHalo
Corporate sponsor
Emergent BioSolutions
Corporate Sponsor
The Maryland Space Business Roundtable
Corporate Sponsor
Lassiter & Associates
Corporate sponsor
Privatin Consulting
Corporate sponsor
Takoma Park Folk Festival
Community Sponsor
Azeus Convene
Corporate Sponsor
Hughes Network Systems
Corporate Sponsor
Constellation NewEnergy
Corporate Sponsor
Coca-Cola
In kind sponsor
Giant Food
In kind sponsor
Basecamp
Team communication platform
Porch
In Kind Sponsor

2022 Competition Season Recap

Team 449 was 28-13-1 in official play in 2022

CHS District Greater DC Event #2: District Event Winner (#1 Alliance), Team 449 was Rank 3 with a record of 11-3-0
CHS District Greater DC Event #3: District Event Winner (#1 Alliance), Team 449 was Rank 1 with a record of 13-1-0
FIRST Chesapeake District Championship: Rank 31 with record of 4-9-1, won Entrepreneurship Award

The Blair Robot Project competes in the FIRST Chesapeake District
Click here for our team's full competition history (2000-2022)

Donate to Us

Thank you everyone who has helped support our team!
Click here to donate to us through PayPal
You can also donate to our team through a check addressed to "Montgomery Blair High School Magnet Foundation, Inc." with memo "Team 449" and mailing it to:
The Blair Robot Project
c/o MBHS Magnet Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 101
Kensington, MD 20895-0101

Contact Us

Email: blair.robot@gmail.com
Twitter: @FRCTeam449
Facebook: @FRCTeam449
Instagram: @frcteam449
Address: 51 University Boulevard East

Resources

Youtube: blairrobot
Github: The Blair Robot Project
Team Wiki: ShoutWiki
Drivetrain Characterization: Paper
FIRST Inspires: Website